"I can't go back and label myself as an outcast because I was a pretty well-adjusted kid, but I can certainly relate to the feeling of being an outsider"

This quote by Lasse Hallstrom talks to the idea of feeling like an outsider, even if one is not always a castaway. Hallstrom is saying that although he was a well-adjusted kid, he still seemed like an outsider at times. This speaks with the idea that everybody can seem like an outsider, despite their social standing. It is a pointer that everyone has minutes of feeling like they do not suit, and that it is all right to feel that way. Hallstrom's quote is a suggestion that it is very important to acknowledge and accept these sensations, and to not repent of them. It is a suggestion that everyone has minutes of sensation like an outsider, which it is all right to feel that way.